Name: Sphingomicrobium flavum Shahina et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vum. L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigments that the bacterium produces

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 80467; CC-AMZ-30N; JCM 18555

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX393854 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shahina M, Hameed A, Lin SY, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Huang YM, Lin JC, Young CC. Sphingomicrobium marinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4469-4476.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphingomicrobium Kämpfer et al. 2012

Assigned by: Shahina M, Hameed A, Lin SY, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Huang YM, Lin JC, Young CC. Sphingomicrobium marinum sp. nov. and Sphingomicrobium flavum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Sphingomicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4469-4476.

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Record number: 791371